Tenzin Delek, a highly respected Tibetan buddhist monk, is known to be in extremely poor health with a serious heart condition. 25 June 2015; For Immediate Release On the eve of the United Nations Day in Support of the Victims... Read More
On 27 February 2009 Tapey, a young Tibetan monk, walked out into the street in Ngaba carrying a home-drawn Tibetan flag and a photograph of the Dalai Lama. He doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire, shouting slogans... Read More
International Tibet Network Member Groups have sent an open letter to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. 5 May 2015 Re: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama: Disappeared for 20 years on 17 May 2015 Dear Mr.... Read More
MEDIA RELEASE 19 March 2015 [For Immediate Use] Tibet campaigners warn IOC that giving 2022 Games to Beijing will be “making the same mistake twice” Report submitted before IOC’s China visit stresses failure of 2008 Games to improve human rights... Read More
10 December 2014 To contact one of the spokespeople email campaigns@tibetnetwork.org or call: Tenzin Dorjee: +1 (646) 724 0748 Yang Jianli: +1 (857)472-9039 Enghebatu Togochog: +1 (917) 698-4367 Dolkun Isa (Rebiya Kadeer contact): +49 89 54321999 Read in Chinese... Read More
24 October 2014 Re: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Meeting Dear leaders of APEC member states [1], The upcoming annual APEC Leaders’ Meeting will take place in Beijing while the images of unprecedented pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong remain at... Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY 2nd October 2014 Nobel Peace Summit cancelled as six Nobel Laureates boycott after host country denies a visa to the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan National Congress suggests Rome as an alternate venue. The 14th World Summit of Nobel... Read More
1 October 2014 Contacts: Alison Reynolds, International Tibet Network: +44 7711 843884 (UK) Tenzin Jigdal, International Tibet Network: + 91 98 82 255516 (India) Global Members of International Tibet Network [1], a coalition of 180 Tibet-related campaign organisations, stand in... Read More
Tibet campaigners expressed outrage at the life sentence handed to Uighur academic Ilham Tohti today in Urumqi for “separatism”. Ilham Tohti, winner of the 2014 PEN Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award [1], is a prominent human rights defender who was... Read More
For Immediate Release: 14 July 2014 For Press Contacts see below. [Brazilia, Durban, Moscow, New Delhi] On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s second BRICS summit, Tibet campaigners based in Brazil, South Africa, Russia and India [1] deliver an... Read More